China’s robot revolution may not arrive in the way you expect

SCMP TechSeptember 3, 2026en

China’s robots have become skilled at commanding a stage. At last month’s World Robot Conference in Beijing, humanoids sorted parcels, packed phones and performed household chores. Unitree Robotics, whose machines can run, dance and perform martial arts, made an equally dramatic entrance on the Shanghai stock market, closing its first day of trading at more than five times its offer price. The spectacle is real, and so is the engineering achievement behind it. However, this can obscure a more...

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